misgoing
misgoing is the present participle and gerund of misgo.
Meaning of misgo
Verb
misgo (third-person singular simple present misgoes, present participle misgoing, simple past miswent, past participle misgone)
- To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
- Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 6, Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)
Questions about misgoing
- What is misgoing the present participle and gerund of?
- Misgoing is the present participle and gerund of misgo.
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